DSC_14263 Large ostrich foot, or totorere (Struthiolaria papulosa) washed ashore in drift. Large shells with a prominent spiral row of sharp knobs and wavy vertical brown streaks. Low intertidal down to at least 20m, on sand flats in sheltered to open localities. Tokerau Beach, Karikari Peninsula *
DSC_7771 Large ostrich foot, or totorere (Struthiolaria papulosa) a large shell with a prominent spiral row of sharp knobs and wavy vertical brown streaks. Low intertidal down to at least 20m, on sand flats in sheltered to open localities. Pakiri Beach, Northland
DSC_7768 Large ostrich foot, or totorere (Struthiolaria papulosa) The characteristic, heavy thickened lip of this shell - fancifully likened to the foot of an ostrich - is often found as a distinctive 'ring' on beaches, long after the shell has eroded away. Pakiri Beach, Northland *
